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Category Archives: general science
Darwin, Deep Time and Evolution
A geological perspective was necessary to see the true power of natural selection.
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ScienceOnline Day 1: generalised ramblings
Since I’ve yet to develop the sort of mind that can blog the last sentence whilst listening to the next one, I’ve mainly kept the laptop closed and just listened and/or pontificated in most of today’s sessions. But I thought … Continue reading
The best field areas are the ones that you haven’t seen yet
A scarily long time ago, now, I spent a summer walking around a small area in North Wales, just south of Snowdon. This was the field area for my undergraduate mapping project, which was a big turning point in my … Continue reading
When the hell are we?
Whenever you’re trying to talk about science to a broader audience, one of the major challenges is cutting out the jargon. Sometimes, though, the real difficulty is not so much in translating the jargon, as identifying it in the first … Continue reading
